[1] Choi Soon-sil, former President Park Geun-hye’s confidante accused of meddling in state affairs, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday.

*confidante: 측근

*meddle 간섭 참견

*state affairs 국정

*sentence 선고, 선고하다

[2] Seoul Central District Court also ordered Choi to pay a fine of 18 billion won ($16.6 million) and the forfeiture of 7.3 billion won. The ruling came 450 days after she was indicted in 2016.

*fine 훌륭한, 벌금

*forfeiture 몰수, 박탈 (forfeit)

*indict 기소하다

[3] In passing the sentence, the court found Choi guilty on a number of charges including bribery, coercion and abuse of power. Choi’s lawyer said the court’s decision is too harsh and she would file an appeal.

[4] The prosecutors had demanded 25 years in prison, a fine of 118.5 billion won and forfeiture of 7.7 billion won for Choi, arguing the civilian friend took advantage of her 40-year ties to Park and abused authority to disrupt the order of the government and private businesses.

[1] Dozens of Olympic staff who are locked up at a remote youth training facility due to norovirus infection have blamed the organizers for the spread of the sickness in Gangwon Province, accusing them of “irresponsible action.”

*lock up 가두다 잠그다

*remote 외딴 외진

[2] Five support staff interviewed by The Korea Herald at the facility in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, said they had “heard from no one when they should get back to work or be released from quarantine.”

They described lax quarantine procedures, with little to stop people coming and going from the facility.

*quarantine 격리

*lax 느슨한 해이한

*little 거의 없다

[3] Some of the segregated staff did not show any sign of sickness, but were repeatedly told to wait until they test negative for infection, according to the workers. Norovirus can infect some people without symptoms.